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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 7:05 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:29 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Brownsburg, IN | WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115
WFUS53 KIND 272305
TORIND
INC011-063-097-272345-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0023.110427T2305Z-110427T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
705 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSBURG...OR 18 MILES WEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIZTON AROUND 710 PM EDT...
PITTSBORO...BROWNSBURG AND CLERMONT AROUND 715 PM EDT...
EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR AROUND 725 PM EDT...
WHITESTOWN AND ZIONSVILLE AROUND 745 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 138.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 8625 3993 8625 3993 8615 3970 8644
3979 8665 4006 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 212DEG 15KT 3984 8648
$$
77/TDUD3 follow-up statements
835
WWUS53 KIND 272322
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
722 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
INC011-063-097-272345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MARION-
722 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...
NORTHWESTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...
AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSBURG...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WHITESTOWN AND ZIONSVILLE AROUND 745 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 8625 3993 8625 3993 8615 3977 8641
3984 8660 4006 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 212DEG 15KT 3990 8643
$$
77/TDUD113
WWUS53 KIND 272335
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
735 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
INC011-063-097-272345-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MARION-
735 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...
NORTHWESTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...
AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF ZIONSVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WHITESTOWN AND ZIONSVILLE AROUND 745 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 8625 3993 8625 3993 8615 3977 8641
3984 8660 4006 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 212DEG 15KT 3995 8639
$$
77/TDUD074
WWUS53 KIND 272342
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
742 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
INC011-063-097-272351-
/O.EXP.KIND.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MARION-
742 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...NORTHWESTERN
MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT/645
PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3997 8625 3993 8625 3993 8615 3977 8641
3984 8660 4006 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 212DEG 15KT 3997 8637
$$
77/TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 41 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.